Democracy of Ancient Greece and the problems the greeks faced - Eddie Witten                                                                                 February 11, 1997                                                                                 Essay II                                                                                 Prof. Hiltz         The Greeks were very advanced for their time. They realized that they need a new form of government and they were able to invent the first democratic government in the world. The democracy that the Greeks came up with was based on two important factors. The first one was the population growth in Athens grew at a …showed first 75 words of 637 total…

…showed last 75 words of 637 total…more damage to them in the long run then it did to help them. That was the major problem with the Athenians view on democracy. Since they developed democracy they were not able to perfect it and watch other societies function under it. If they had a few hundred more years to perfect their democratic society they most likely would have had much more success in the Peloponnesian War and with all of their endeavors.